The following is the number of the poll taken at the election of Burgesses for Frederick County, 18 May 1761: vizt:
Colonel Geo: Washington 505
Colonel Geo: Mercer 399
Colonel Adam Stephen 294
Robert Rutherford 1
Colonel John Hite 1
Henry Brinker 1
Signed by Tho:s Wood, Poll take

Emphasis was added to aid in the location of interested family members.
(1) Despite the name of this book, the voters in this poll do not appear to have been restricted to soldiers.
(2) For the purposes of this document, the names of the voters in this poll have been sorted into alphabetical order by surname; they are not so sorted in the book. Also, for the purposes of this document, numbers have been inserted to the left of the voters’ names; no such numbers appear in the book.
(3) This list of voters, containing the names of 170 voters, is apparently incomplete, because two of the candidates in this poll received more than 170 votes.
(4) This list is apparently incomplete, because it shows only 239 voters who voted for Mr. West. The poll takers reported that Mr. West received 271 votes.
(5) This list is apparently incomplete, because it shows only 142 voters who voted for Capt. Swearengen. The poll takers reported that Capt. Swearengen received 270 votes.
(6) Although this list purports to be alphabetized, it is alphabetized only to the extent that voters’ surnames starting with a given letter are grouped together; for the purposes of this document, the voters’s names have been resorted in alphabetical order by surname. For the purposes of this document, numbers have been inserted to the left of the voters’ names; no such numbers appear in the book.
(7) This list is apparently incomplete, because it shows only 308 voters who voted for Col. Washington. The poll takers reported that Col. Washington received 309 votes.
(8) This list is apparently incomplete, because it shows only 228 voters who voted for Col. Martin. The poll takers reported that Col. Martin received 239 votes.
(9) According to Lewis, Thomas A., For King and Country–George Washington–The Early Years, New York, NY: 1993, p. 251, Thomas Bryan Martin was the nephew of Thomas Lord Fairfax.
(10) This list is apparently incomplete, because it shows only 197ters who voted for Col. Martin. The poll takers reported that Col. Martin received 199 votes.
(11) For the purposes of this document, the names of the voters in this poll have been sorted into alphabetical order by surname; they are not so sorted in the book. Also, for the purposes of this document, numbers have been inserted to the left of the voters’ names; no such numbers appear in the book.
(12) For the purposes of this document, the names of the voters in this poll have been sorted into alphabetical order by surname; they are not so sorted in the book. Also, for the purposes of this document, numbers have been inserted to the left of the voters’ names; no such numbers appear in the book.